Dark Star Fabrics Presents
Barn Quilt Workshops 2025
with Gerry Hicks, Sharon Hicks and Deb Black
November Workshop Now Wait List Only
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Join the Barn Quilt Movement
The last Barn Quilt Workshop of the year, coming on November 6 and 7, 2025, is now wait list only. Would like to hear if a spot opens up? Please join the wait list.
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You’ve seen barn quilts displayed around Maine’s Western Mountains. Maybe you, or someone you know, would like one. Maybe you wish you could make one.
Yes, you CAN make one! If you can imagine it, you can create it.
Each family-run Dark Star Barn Quilt Workshop gives you the guidance and materials you need. At the end of the two-day workshop, you will take home a barn quilt done the way you like it and you will know how to make more.
Isn’t it time you joined the Barn Quilt Movement?
A Dark Star Barn Quilt Workshop Gives You…
The Design You Want
If you do not want to draft your own board, we will draft it for you using the design you choose. Any pattern, drawing or quilt block you like can turn into a barn quilt*.
If you are on Facebook, you can see barn quilts created in the June 2025 workshop and the August 2025 workshop. You can also see barn quilts from the May 2024 workshop, the June 2024 workshp, the August 2024 workshop and the November 2024 workshop.
The Colors You Like
Do you have a favorite shade of blue? We provide exterior paint in a variety of colors and we can mix colors at your request.
Of course, if you already have exterior latex paint in the color you like, you are welcome to bring it. We do not recommend trying to use paint-makers’ sample colors.
The Board and Materials You Need
At the start, your board will be ready for you: sized, primed and designed (if you asked us to draft it for you). You will have paintbrushes and tape, along with tools you can borrow, to create your barn quilt from start to finish.
The Help You Deserve
With three experienced instructors on hand, you have all the help you need.
The Space You Require
Dark Star Barn Quilt Workshops take place in the Philips Area Community Center, known locally as the PACC.
We reserve exclusive two-day use of the building to offer you all the space you need with easy parking, plenty of tables and chairs, rest rooms and a convenient kitchen.
*While there is usually no extra charge for our drafting services, some complex designs might require a small surcharge ($20 maximum). If you choose a design protected by a registered copyright, you will need proof of purchase.
People Love Our Workshops
“Awesome is all I can say about the Barn Quilt Class. Thank you to everyone for making it a unique experience.” JN
“Thank you for a wonderful class! I had so much fun! You did a wonderful job making sure there was nothing we needed or wanted. You were all great answering our questions, encouraging us, giving advice, and always checking in with us. You certainly know what to do and you do it well. I look forward to taking another class in the future.” CH
“You won’t find better and more understanding teachers anywhere! Gerry was the most fantastic color mixologist with paint that I ever met.” SI
Choose Your Workshop
Enrollment is now closed for the last Barn Quilt Workshop of the year, coming on November 6 and 7, 2025. If you would like to hear if a spot opens up, you may join the wait list below.
You can invite your friends to join the wait list with you. Just send them a link to this page.
Spring Workshop
COMPLETED
Dates: Wednesday and Thursday, June 11 – 12, 2025
Time: 10:00 – 5:00
Place: Phillips Area Community Center, 21 Depot Street, Phillips, Maine
Summer Workshop
COMPLETED
Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, August 26 – 27, 2025
Time: 10:00 – 5:00
Place: Phillips Area Community Center, 21 Depot Street, Phillips, Maine
Holiday Workshop
Dates: Thursday and Friday, November 6 – 7, 2025
Time: 10:00 – 5:00
Place: Phillips Area Community Center, 21 Depot Street, Phillips, Maine
Gerry Hicks, Paintmaster
Barn Quilters in action
Cost
Your Dark Star Barn Quilt Workshop fee, for instruction plus materials, could be as low as $75, depending on the size of your barn quilt:
- 12” x 12” Barn Quilt ~ Workshop and Materials Fee $75
- 18” x 18” Barn Quilt ~ Workshop and Materials Fee $105
- 12” x 24” Barn Quilt ~ Workshop and Materials Fee $115
- 24” x 24” Barn Quilt ~ Workshop and Materials Fee $135
- 12” x 36” Barn Quilt ~ Workshop and Materials Fee $155
- 36” x 36” Barn Quilt ~ Workshop and Materials Fee $185
When you are accepted into the workshop, we will ask you for a nonrefundable $50 deposit. Please pay your deposit as soon as possible. Please pay the balance of your fee at or before the start of the workshop.